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Table 4 Trends in % of women aged 20–24 years reporting first birth < 20 years disaggregated by age group and wealth quintile

From: Trends in adolescent first births in five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: disaggregated data from demographic and health surveys

 

Bolivia 1994

Bolivia 2008

 

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

Lowest

11.3

18.6

17.5

47.3

10.0

28.5

27.1

65.6

Second

6.2

14.6

26.7

47.4

9.3

19.5

25.1

54.0

Middle

5.5

18.0

21.7

45.2

6.2

18.1

20.6

44.9

Fourth

4.6

12.2

18.5

35.3

3.2

13.2

14.5

30.8

Highest

0.9

5.6

13.7

20.3

1.1

3.7

7.2

11.9

Ratio poorest/richest

12.6

3.3

1.3

2.3

9.1

7.7

3.8

5.5

 

Colombia 1990

Colombia 2010

 

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

Lowest

11.8

16.7

24.4

52.9

13.7

22.0

23.5

59.1

Second

2.3

15.8

21.8

39.9

7.1

18.2

22.5

47.8

Middle

4.9

8.8

18.0

31.7

5.0

14.4

16.5

35.9

Fourth

1.7

8.4

13.3

23.4

3.8

9.7

14.8

28.2

Highest

0.4

3.4

10.9

14.6

0.8

7.5

8.2

16.4

poorest/richest

29.5

4.9

2.2

3.6

17.1

2.9

2.9

3.6

 

Dominican Republic 1996

Dominican Republic 2013

 

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

Lowest

11.6

31.4

25.8

68.8

10.6

28.9

23.6

63.0

Second

9.9

17.5

24.7

52.2

10.3

21.9

20.7

52.9

Middle

7.7

16.9

17.0

41.6

6.3

16.9

16.9

40.1

Fourth

2.9

9.6

17.4

29.8

4.5

10.9

13.5

28.9

Highest

3.0

6.6

8.4

18.1

2.4

7.4

11.7

21.4

poorest/richest

3.9

4.8

3.1

3.8

4.4

3.9

2.0

2.9

 

Haiti 1994–95

Haiti 2012

 

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

Lowest

7.6

12.8

21.4

41.8

4.2

13.6

19

36.8

Second

5.7

12.8

24.8

43.3

4.1

10.2

22.2

36.5

Middle

4.5

10.7

18.5

33.7

3.5

12.8

17.2

33.5

Fourth

5.8

10.6

16.5

32.8

4.0

10.6

12.3

26.8

Highest

1.7

7.6

8.7

18.1

1.3

4.4

7.4

13.0

poorest/richest

4.5

1.7

2.5

2.3

3.2

3.1

2.6

2.8

 

Peru 1991–92

Peru 2012

 

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

Lowest

7.6

24.1

28.5

60.2

7.7

23.3

25.2

56.2

Second

5.8

13.6

23.1

42.6

6.4

18.5

25.0

50.0

Middle

3.8

8.9

16.2

29.0

2.3

9.4

16.2

27.9

Fourth

0.7

4.4

9.4

14.5

1.7

6.9

15.2

23.8

Highest

1.3

1.9

4.5

7.7

1.4

3.1

8.0

12.5

poorest/richest

5.8

12.7

6.3

7.8

5.5

7.5

3.2

4.5